I'm looking for a 6th gen (96-00) Civic HX but it looks like cruise wasn't available as an option for the 6th gen HX. I really need cruise. How hard would be to either buy the parts from Honda or try to pull them from a salvaged EX/LX, and add it on myself? Is the throttle bracket different on the HX?

Else, what about an aftermarket unit? I'm a bit weary of aftermarket cruise units (safety, performance, throttle assembley not looking rigged up). Should I be? And from what I remember, the switches usually look cheap and far from the OEM look, especially havnig to be mounted. But I haven't seen any in 10 years. Does someone even make one for the HX?

 

yeah no good news here. aftermarket ones are pretty universal so the fit isn't very good and they won't mount on the steering wheel. Im currently installing OEM cruise on my 93 civic and it is pretty damn expensive, complicated and hard. Unless you got a killer deal and you really need cruise I wouldn't try it.

 

You need the pedal assembly from a cruise vehicle. the cruise wiring harness, the cruise control module, the cruise ecu, and a throttle body with the second spot on it.

Somewhat difficult to swap to cruise

 

Oh man, how much have you spent?

I did notice this article where someone put cruise on a Honda Insight. It's a Rostra brand (and according to their website, they "pioneered the development of cruise control technology"), and one of the controls they offer mounts to the bottom of the steering wheel and does look fairly OEM. The guy in that article used that switch. Here's another pic of it on a Tacoma.
Looking up Civic on their website, they only show fitting the DX for some reason, which seems to be because they don't make a throttle plate for it, and which doesn't make sense to me. There was a guy here that was trying to put it on his HX, but stopped replying.

If enough people showed interest in their kit for an HX and emailed Rostra, they would probably fabricate an HX throttle adapter.

 

Any idea how much that would cost, either new or used?

 

I called Rostra and talked to a tech guy who said they don't make a cruise for the VTEC since something about because of liability reasons they couldn't make one that worked correctly because the nature of the VTEC.

If Honda can offer one on later VTEC's (which more than likely a 3rd party company, like Rostra, makes the cruise that Honda uses anyway), I don't see why Rostra can't.

Are there any other companies that might make one for it?

What about getting the parts from a 7th gen HX (since they came with cruise) and using them on a 6th gen? Will that work?

 

wouldnt it be possible to install cruise taken from an Ex?

 

yes it is. but there a lot of components, you end with quite a shopping list and a lot of work to do it.
for my wife's 93 this is what I needed:

Actuator
Gas/Brake pedal assembly.
cord reel
steering wheel switches
power switch
brain
clutch pedal switch (if 5spd)
brake pedal switch (should come with pedals)
10' 4-cond wire
50' stranded wire.
a whole lot of crimps

 

That is a lot but sounds do-able to me. Did you install it yourself? How long did it take you to install? Are you a mechanic? How much did it cost you? I guess you pulled the parts yourself at an auto salvage? I know some places around here now won't let people pull their own parts.


But, is everything the same with the throttle on an HX as it is an EX?

 

i think it is very different for the 96+, i have no idea. I took me a while to get everyhting installed and I've been busy so I haven't got it working yet. Think i got a bad actuator. The pedals were by far the hardest thing to put in, and i don't think that changed. probably ended up cost a little over 100. but if you troll the forums and ebay you could probably cut that back to 60 or so.

It is possible to modify the stock cable reel to carry the signals for the CC controls, for some reason it is actually the same reel, just with different connectors. But that is pretty ghetto.

an no im not a mechanic, it isn't a really technically challenging job as long as you can keep the wires straight. and if you had the car apart already it would be easy. Its just that working under the dash is damn hard cause there are wires everywhere and it is really tight. BTW for a 93-95 almost none of the CC wires are run so for everyhting you have to run new wires.